. >>> on tuesday night, president obama will deliver his fourth state of the union address. white house officials tell us the speech will largely focus on the middle class. the big question remains, if the fiercely liberal president to emerge in the inaugural address, will make a second showing. joining me now is james peterson, director of afrikaner studies at lehigh university and historian at rice university. hi, guys. good to see you both. james, do you expect to hear the kind of liberal pronouncements we got in the inaugural address? >> i don't think liberals think the inaugural address was liberal? we kind of believed that on issues such as immigration and climate change, equity for women and people of color in this country, those are common sense, american issues. yes, i do think the president will be addressing some of these issues in the state of the union, and i think he's going to -- the strategy, at least according to the white house, is he's going to tie these things to the economy. comprehensive immigration reform has economic benefits, moving towards a green e